[cripplecreek]

Good point but the police aren’t the ones to take it up with.

As far as no knock raids are concerned, I don’t really see the point when search warrants can be obtained on good intel and served with less risk.

[Cboldt]

No knock raids have warrants. The judges sign off on the request to use SWAT, rather than some other form of search. SWAT for drug searches is probably standard practice, on the grounds that druggies would otherwise flush or dispose of the contraband evidence.